Terry’s Picks: MoMA Event, Joosje Duk, Showing Support
MoMA Event: I hope you’ll join us at MoMA on Monday, January 22nd, where the Women’s Film Preservation Fund will show Four Experimental Films as part of the museum’s To Save and Project Festival. Joosje Duk: We are so proud of former NYWIFT intern Joosje Duk, whose short film Night, which we screened at our...
READ MOREPositive News for Filmmakers at the New York Film Conference
Entertainment industry experts speaking at the first annual New York Film Conference on October 10, 2017 had some great news for attendees: It’s getting easier to sell your content directly to consumers, consumers are more open to watching films with subtitles and big digital platforms are spending billions on buying new content. NYWIFT member Jane Applegate shares insights from the conference.
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Fall Drive, VR Jobs, Legal Help
Fall Drive: Now through December 1st is our Fall Membership Drive, during which we offer 50% off the initiation fee when you apply to join NYWIFT! Becoming a member now also lets you attend the star-studded Muse Awards in December at the member rate of $165. Apply now at www.nywift.org/join. VR Jobs: New York City...
READ MORESignature Move Director Jennifer Reeder is Surrounded by Women Behind the Camera
Signature Move is a multi-cultural romance about life, love and lady Lucha-style wrestling is opening in NYC this Friday, October 13th. We caught up with filmmaker Jennifer Reeder as she heads to Friday’s opening screening event to get her perspective on breaking down doors.
READ MORE#SummerHours Memoirs: Mellini Kantayya
Kathryn O'Kane praises fellow #NYWIFT #SummerHours blogger Mellini Kantayya's brave essay collection on making it in the entertainment business.
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Casting Couch, Create NYC, Sherry Lansing
Casting Couch: The Guardian sheds light on the all-too-common phenomenon of the “casting couch culture,” featuring important insight from NYWIFT member Meissa Hampton. This has to stop, and kudos to Meissa and all the other women who speak out about it. Create NYC: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom...
READ MORENew York City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley: Defying Gender Roles, Embracing Community
We shine the spotlight on New York City Council Member of Elizabeth Crowley, who has supported NYWIFT Women Filmmakers: Immigrant Stories series since its inception in 2015.
READ MORETerry’s Picks: New Law, #SummerHours, Abigail Disney
New Law: Kudos to the New York State legislature, which passed a new law on Wednesday allocating up to $5 million in new tax incentives to encourage the hiring of women and people of color as TV writers and directors. #SummerHours: Yesterday we launched NYWIFT’s new #SummerHours blog series focusing on content created by and/or...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Film Financing, Designing Women, Women CEO’s
Film Financing: This Friday, June 16, learn how successful indie producers can get their dramatic feature films financed in our intensive all-day seminar presented by our friends at Entertainment Partners. Designing Women: Last week’s Designing Women gala was a joyous celebration of the best and brightest in NYC’s hair, makeup and costume design community. If...
READ MOREA Look Back at Designing Women 2016
NYWIFT’s annual Designing Women gala, honoring top hair stylists, makeup artists and costume designers, has been a star-studded highlight of the New York entertainment industry’s Spring calendar since its inception in 2000. As we prepare for the 2017 event on Tuesday, June 6th at NYU Law School, we take a look back at last year’s ceremony, which honored hair stylist Rose Chatterton, makeup artist Anita Gibson, costume designer Sarah Edwards, and the team from Showtime's The Affair.
READ MORE10 Takeaways from the NYWIFT “Casting Comedy: Funny People On-Camera” Panel
NYWIFT member Mellini Kantayya shares the top 10 nuggets of wisdom from NYWIFT's panel on TV comedy casting. Learn whether or not to ad-lib, button it, stalk (answer: definitely no), and self-tape.
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Hannah Beachler, Sarah Barnett, New Space
Hannah Beachler: Congratulations to Hannah Beachler, who was awarded “Excellence in Production Design for Awards or Event Special” during the Art Directors Guild Awards last week. The recognition was for her production design for Beyoncé’s Lemonade. Beachler was also the production designer on Moonlight, Creed and Don Cheadle’s Miles Ahead and her work will next...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Empowering Advertising, What’s Next, Ideal Location
Empowering Advertising: I loved Audi’s Super Bowl ad touting the importance of equal pay, which leads with the poignant question, “What do I tell my daughter?” What’s Next: The NY Times checks in with three lauded filmmakers from Sundance 2014, to see how the festival buzz shaped their careers. Ideal Location: MovieMaker takes a look...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Giving Tuesday, Legendary Lily, Series Competition
Giving Tuesday: Today is Giving Tuesday! Please consider supporting one of NYWIFT’s programs during this season of gift-giving. Legendary Lily: Here is a great look back on past Muse honoree Lily Tomlin’s five-decade career and how she continues to defy expectiations. Series Competition: Bravo to the Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment, IFP and the...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Mary-Louise Parker, Women’s EasyRig, Monumental Women
Mary-Louise Parker: We’re thrilled to be honoring Mary-Louise Parker at the Muse Awards on December 8th. Her extraordinary book, Dear Mr. You, is available now. Women’s EasyRig: NYWIFT member Aly MIgliori talked to our friends at KitSplit about her experiences with the Cinema Flex, the first EasyRig vest designed for women’s bodies. Monumental Women: Pam...
READ MOREA Review of “Honour: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan” by NYWIFT Member Gaudys Laxury
Gaudys Laxury shares her thoughts on fellow NYWIFT member Dipti Mehta's one-woman show "Honour: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan," now playing at the New York International Fringe Festival. "Honour" offers a fun and poignant look at the exotic, dangerous life of Mumbai's real-life brothels and why they exist.
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Screening Series, Swim Team, Get #Social
Screening Series: NYWIFT is seeking films by women filmmakers for our second Immigrant Women’s Screening Series. Films should be about the New York immigrant experience. See details. Swim Team: Swim Team, the recipient of the NYWIFT Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant at the Muse Awards in December, has been nominated for Indiewire’s Project of the...
READ MOREWomen-Directed Films at Queens World Film Festival
Katia, directed by Anna Shishova, is a nominee for Best Documentary Feature and Best Cinematography at the Queens World Film Festival. The Queens World Film Festival runs March 4-9, 2014, in New York. Opening night will be held at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, with the rest of the films screening at...
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